The practical, rigorous, end-to-end guide to successful WebSphere infrastructure engineering and technical management  Real-world engineering process strategies for delivering stable, reliable, costeffective WebSphere-based IT products and services.  Gives WebSphere professionals the insight they need to manage all the tradeoffs and options available to them.  Written by a practitioner with extensive experience managing WebSphere in missioncritical Bank of America applications. Thousands of large companies depend on the IBM WebSphere platform to deliver their most critical web applications and services, and to provide the foundation for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). To deliver on the promise of WebSphere technologies, organizations need to implement a comprehensive, integrated set of best practices for managing WebSphere infrastructure. Now, an expert Bank of America WebSphere support manager presents those best practices and explains how to make the most of them. Drawing on his immense real-world experience, the author shows exactly how to maximize the WebSphere platform's reliability, stability, scalability, and performance in large-scale production environments. WebSphere practitioners will find expert, insightful discussions of each option and strategy for managing WebSphere, including practical guidance on making the right tradeoffs for their environments. Coverage includes: building the right engineering support team; establishing the right processes and tasks; managing code migration, testing, and software upgrades; establishing enterprise architecture; planning capacity; preparing for large interconnected systems; and much more. Simply put, this book brings together all the trustworthy information WebSphere practitioners need to run their WebSphere infrastructure effectively - and maximize its business value.